I am SOOO cold!

Izzwoz
Izzwoz Posts: 348 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
For the last couple of weeks or so, I have been unable to warm up. I am always cold. I try and drink a lot of tea to warm up but nothing seems to help. It seems I lost my protective insulation layer. It seems a little silly, but I actually had to resort to moving my desk right in front of the radiator which is on full blast, wearing about 4 layers, 3 pairs of socks and thermal tights, and I am still freezing!

Anyone out there who has experienced the same and/or has any advice or tips on how to try and warm up?

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  • lin7604
    lin7604 Posts: 2,951 Member
    nope no advice but i can sympathize with you, i am always freezing, unless it's 80 degrees, even then sometimes i have alight sweater on...
  • selmafeki
    selmafeki Posts: 48 Member
    I am just like you!

    Hot nice baths seem to help me really well, also if you can access a sauna its relaxing and warming.
    I try to do some jumping jacks, dance around and just get my blood to stream through my body as much as poss when my lips sometimes turn blue.

    Good luck and keep warm!
  • JPal5
    JPal5 Posts: 178
    I found that I was always cold as well. Always had the hottest showers or baths to warm me up. I tried Bikram or Hot yoga for a month and I felt like it reset my body thermostat. I was so nice and warm even days after doing the yoga. Even luke warm showers were too hot. Try it!
  • Bourds
    Bourds Posts: 90 Member
    When I lost my 123 lbs I found I just couldn't get warm....my husband thought I was nuts. I just had a blanket wrapped around me whenever I sat down and felt good about all the weight I had lost. It was worth the hard work if that was the only downfall :)
  • BeccaBollons
    BeccaBollons Posts: 652 Member
    I've heard a few people say this when they have lost a significant amount of weight. Have you tried a hot water bottle at your desk? Also a trick my dad taught me many years ago (when we used to work outdoors year round) was to put your shoulders back, and relax. Very hard, but you do feel warmer than if you hunch up. Honestly. I still do it. Also I find a thin scarf (made to look like part of your outfit) really helps.
  • GoTeamMeaghan
    GoTeamMeaghan Posts: 347 Member
    After my husband lost 100 lbs, he gets cold easy now too. I've always been super cold-natured so I'm pretty used to it. Do you use a humidifier? Raising the relative humidity in a room can make it feel warmer without turning the heat up higher.
  • LadyPakal
    LadyPakal Posts: 256 Member
    When I get home I change into thick fleecy PJs and fluffy slippers - normal clothes are too thin in my home (which I keep quite cool). No solution really - but hot food warms me up - stoking the boiler, as it were.
  • Faye_Anderson
    Faye_Anderson Posts: 1,495 Member
    Yes, I used to be able to walk around in winter in just a t-shirt and jeans, now I wear many layers. My hands feel it the most :flowerforyou:
  • celb500
    celb500 Posts: 76
    omg thank you so much for posting this!! I am having this issue so bad. Since I lost the weight no matter how many layers I have on I am freezing cold!! I've just got the worst flu bug I have ever had because of it and am laid up in bed. A solution would be gratefully recieved as I'm starting to get to the end of my tether with it.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I'm a freak of nature, then. Since I've lost weight and become much, much more active, I'm a lot less sensitive to the cold. I didn't get my heavy winter jacket out of the closet until daytime highs were 10F. Most days this winter (Northeast PA) I just wore a sweatshirt.

    I think part of it is that I increased my muscle mass, and I'm not low calorie.... there's a lot of fuel in the furnace. :wink:
  • Izzwoz
    Izzwoz Posts: 348 Member
    I've heard a few people say this when they have lost a significant amount of weight. Have you tried a hot water bottle at your desk? Also a trick my dad taught me many years ago (when we used to work outdoors year round) was to put your shoulders back, and relax. Very hard, but you do feel warmer than if you hunch up. Honestly. I still do it. Also I find a thin scarf (made to look like part of your outfit) really helps.

    Ha ha, that is so me, I always hunch over my desk, especially when things are a bit stressful (which they have been the last few weeks), so I will give this one a go, for sure! Thanks for the tip!
  • Izzwoz
    Izzwoz Posts: 348 Member
    Thanks guys, some great tips there! Does anyone know of any foods that are particularly warming? I know ginger and chilli are the usual suspects, but would be glad to hear of more!
  • onefatwife
    onefatwife Posts: 23 Member
    You may need to get your thyroid checked. When mine was low, I stayed freezing all the time. It is a symptom of hypothyroidism.
  • cathooo
    cathooo Posts: 19 Member
    Make sure that the layers you're wearing are "breathable" and you change them often. People sweat a little bit all the time, and the inner layers can get damp and keep you cold.

    I find that if I target the spots that get cold first (feet and calves) the rest of me will stay warm. I also need to keep ahead of it and get my feet warm before I'm cold all over.

    If you go for a walk outside in the winter for 30 minutes and come back in, it'll feel warm inside, without touching the thermostat! :smile:
  • dovetail22uk
    dovetail22uk Posts: 339 Member
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  • mazdauk
    mazdauk Posts: 1,380 Member
    I put my pashmina on the radiator for a few minutes then put it on - that helps. At the weekend it was really cold (even my husband complained) so I resorted to a silver bodywarmer I bought in an ill-advised moment! Hot drinks are helpful, and as others have said food - not necessarily hot food.

    ETA a silk scarf loosely round the neck is surprisingly helpful.
  • jst1986
    jst1986 Posts: 204 Member
    I'm getting this too. Its annoying but worth it!
  • lin7604
    lin7604 Posts: 2,951 Member
    You may need to get your thyroid checked. When mine was low, I stayed freezing all the time. It is a symptom of hypothyroidism.

    yup very true. I have hypo too and i am even worse then ever now that i am back to a normal weight!
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    Thermogenesis (the heat production of organisms). Dieters on very low calorie diets suck at it. If you eat more you'll probably feel warmer. Especially if you exercise.

    TDEE = BMR + TEF + NEAT + EAT

    BMR = Basal Metabolic Rate
    TEF = Thermal Effect of Feeding
    NEAT = Non-Exercise Associated Thermogenesis
    EAT = Exercise Associated Thermogenesis

    Notice how if you're not eating enough to fuel the above that you will no doubt be colder then if you did. Thats one of many reasons why people only chose moderate deficits instead of large ones.

    Also notice how when fueled, daily activity and exercise helps.
  • nwg74
    nwg74 Posts: 360 Member
    Having lost 53% of my original weight, I am cold all the time at the moment.
  • cappri
    cappri Posts: 1,089 Member
    I found that I was always cold as well. Always had the hottest showers or baths to warm me up. I tried Bikram or Hot yoga for a month and I felt like it reset my body thermostat. I was so nice and warm even days after doing the yoga. Even luke warm showers were too hot. Try it!

    Now this is a reason to try hot yoga! I'm so worn out by the end of the work day just from being cold all the time.
  • lilpoindexter
    lilpoindexter Posts: 1,122 Member
    I.ve lost like 50lbs plus, and I'm in the same boat. My hands and feet are always cold, and before they were always warm. It's gotten better in the months since I first removed most of the fat, but I'm still cold most of the time...and I live in Los Angeles. I would much rather have this problem, than my butt not fit in the seats at the movies, however.
  • cappri
    cappri Posts: 1,089 Member
    Being cold all the time has sort of been a cycle of my weight loss, I'm in a cold cycle right now. So far it seems to happen after I lose a chunk of weight and then while the scale is not doing much, but the tape measure is showing losses I'm cold all of the time.
  • dalgal26
    dalgal26 Posts: 781 Member
    I have been cold for over a year.....it is the weight loss...less padding..:love:

    Hope it reflects in my electric bill....many can use less A/C....:drinker:
  • FoamyRiver
    FoamyRiver Posts: 276 Member
    I've been freezing for the past couple of years now. I have extra blankets on my bed, a space heater under my desk, I always use the heated seats when I'm in the car, and I never go anywhere without a jacket. My husband makes fun of me because if the temp drops below 60 I'm breaking out my down coat. The only time I'm ever hot is during a workout. I've had my thyroid checked and my iron and everything was fine.
  • Izzwoz
    Izzwoz Posts: 348 Member
    I have been cold for over a year.....it is the weight loss...less padding..:love:

    Hope it reflects in my electric bill....many can use less A/C....:drinker:

    Hope so for you, lol! Unfortunately, it's the opposite for me, oil fired heating means expensive to start with ... Having the heating on 24/7 is definitely going to cost me my holiday this year! :-(
  • Izzwoz
    Izzwoz Posts: 348 Member
    Thermogenesis (the heat production of organisms). Dieters on very low calorie diets suck at it. If you eat more you'll probably feel warmer. Especially if you exercise.

    TDEE = BMR + TEF + NEAT + EAT

    BMR = Basal Metabolic Rate
    TEF = Thermal Effect of Feeding
    NEAT = Non-Exercise Associated Thermogenesis
    EAT = Exercise Associated Thermogenesis

    Notice how if you're not eating enough to fuel the above that you will no doubt be colder then if you did. Thats one of many reasons why people only chose moderate deficits instead of large ones.

    Also notice how when fueled, daily activity and exercise helps.

    That makes a lot of sense to me ... so I should spend the money on food rather than oil for the heating? ;-)
  • Sunka1
    Sunka1 Posts: 217 Member
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    Well said. I have had cold hands for most of my life. The only time they warm up is during exercise and for a little while after the workout. I worked out this morning and my hands are freezing right now. They were not cold when I was expecting either. Not sure if it's weight or blood flow related. Gotta keep moving as much as possible. That hot yoga sounds like a great idea.

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